# Statistics and Figures on Social Security

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- ID: ` hk-swd-ssb-ss-stat-fig `
- Publisher: [Social Welfare Department](/publishers/d545faf5-0f72-4606-9150-f11714c3e73d/) · [Markdown](/publishers/d545faf5-0f72-4606-9150-f11714c3e73d/index.md)
- Categories: [Community and Social Welfare](/categories/social-welfare/) · [Markdown](/categories/social-welfare/index.md)
- Tags: Not stated
- Resources: 1
- Updated: 2023-09-17T16:32:43.272617
- Update frequency (publisher metadata): Social Welfare Department:  once per month
- Harvest started: 2026-10-20T22:31:00.105Z
- Licence: Not stated
- Source: [Official metadata record](<https://data.gov.hk/en-data/api/3/action/package_show?id=hk-swd-ssb-ss-stat-fig>)

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## Description

Statistics and Figures on Social Welfare

## Resources

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### [Statistics and Figures on Social Security](<https://www.swd.gov.hk/datagovhk/ssb/SS-Stat-Fig.csv>)

- Resource ID: ` 975e6d24-46fe-4a75-b614-01b7de7247c5 `
- Format: CSV
- Language: en,zh-Hant
- Updated: 2023-09-17T16:32:43.277486
- API flag (publisher metadata): N
- Original URL: ` https://www.swd.gov.hk/datagovhk/ssb/SS-Stat-Fig.csv `

The CSV file contains statistics and figures on social security, including type of schemes, allowance, type of allowances, nature of case, number of cases, date as at, number of applications, from date and to date of social security schemes\. Relevant information can be found at   
\[https://www\.swd\.gov\.hk/en/pubsvc/socsecu/ss\_info/statistics/statistics\_ss/\]

## Specifications (source links)

### Publisher documentation

- [Data dictionary](<https://www.swd.gov.hk/datagovhk/ssb/SS-Stat-Fig-DataDic.pdf>) — source-linked; Dataset: data\_dictionary
- [Publisher reference](<https://www.swd.gov.hk/en/pubsvc/socsecu/ss_info/statistics/statistics_ss/>) — source-linked; Dataset: references

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## Document availability

Parsed specifications and data dictionaries: not available for this dataset. [Document availability](/documents.md).